Travel and tourism have had a long history in the Nordic countries, but research on tourism
has a relatively short tradition in the region. Recently, academic interest in the Nordic …

Depending on the research approach one uses, the development of particular bodies of
knowledge over time is the result of a combination of agency, chance, opportunity …

This chapter reflects upon the trajectory of research in the geography of tourism in Spain. It
begins with a review, including the evolution of the main topics present in the subdiscipline …

This chapter aims to familiarize the reader with some of the important aspects of tourism
geography in the German-speaking countries. It starts with a primarily historical-genetic …

The aim of this chapter is to provide a holistic overview of issues and topics regarding
tourism geography in Greece: from its origins to its current situation. By following a historical …

In order to build bridges among different traditions within geographies of tourism, the
contributions to this volume have the capacity of explaining to an English-speaking …

This chapter demonstrates that despite an unfavorable disciplinary climate for new
academic subjects in France, tourism found its place in the French geographical scene …

The reflections in this chapter explore the genesis of tourism geography in the Netherlands
and Belgium marked by political and linguistic constraints, plus historical, political, and …

The paper examines the evolution and structural characteristics of high-class tourism in
Greece. Furthermore, it is an attempt to find out the typical profile of the tourist that prefers …

After the publication in 1992 of JR McNeil's The Mountains of the Mediterranean World and
despite the general textbooks on the physical geography of the Mediterranean, there has not …